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An 80-year-old patient with recurrent stable angina underwent coronary angiography. An intermediate lesion was demonstrated at the ostium of the LAD, which was studied with FFR. The finding of an abnormal CFR was an incidental one.
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Warnholtz, A., Gori, T. (2016). Threshold FFR, Impaired CFR, and IMR: Macrovascular or Microvascular Disease?. In: Gori, T., Fineschi, M. (eds) Atlas of FFR-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47116-7_34
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